From a standard bottle size, stored by me since purchase in 2000. Down to last few bottles. There was a lot of sediment as expected. Fairly limpid in the decanter and glass. Tertiary nose of leather, wood and truffle. Lovely sweet fruit but definitely very tertiary. Still had velvet tannins and decent length. A fine old wine.
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The wine had dropped a lot of sediment (much more than the last few bottles I have had) and this is really ready now. Archetypal Northern Rhone Syrah nose in the tertiary phase combining red fruits with meaty/leather aromas. Fairly limpid in the glass and very sweet fruit on the palate. The tannins had softened but velvet now rather than ripe sweet fresh tannins. Excellent length. Not quite up there with the La Las but not too far away.
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Decanted 90 minutes before start of bottle. Fairly quiet nose and darker/more opaque than I was expecting for a 22 year old Pinot. Adequate fruit but somewhat drying tannins, though this dryness was relieved after a mouthful of salty peanuts. The relative dryness shortened the length. Not much by the way of complex aromas or taste really. Overall an adequate wine.
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1998 Ridge Lytton Springs
8/10/2022 - wxch2002 Likes this wine: 93 Points
From a standard bottle size, stored by me since purchase in 2000. Down to last few bottles. There was a lot of sediment as expected. Fairly limpid in the decanter and glass. Tertiary nose of leather, wood and truffle. Lovely sweet fruit but definitely very tertiary. Still had velvet tannins and decent length. A fine old wine.
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1998 Alain Voge Cornas Cuvée Vieilles Fontaines
8/7/2022 - wxch2002 Likes this wine: 96 Points
The wine had dropped a lot of sediment (much more than the last few bottles I have had) and this is really ready now. Archetypal Northern Rhone Syrah nose in the tertiary phase combining red fruits with meaty/leather aromas. Fairly limpid in the glass and very sweet fruit on the palate. The tannins had softened but velvet now rather than ripe sweet fresh tannins. Excellent length. Not quite up there with the La Las but not too far away.
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1999 Serafin Père et Fils Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru Les Baudes
1/2/2022 - wxch2002 wrote: 89 Points
Decanted 90 minutes before start of bottle. Fairly quiet nose and darker/more opaque than I was expecting for a 22 year old Pinot. Adequate fruit but somewhat drying tannins, though this dryness was relieved after a mouthful of salty peanuts. The relative dryness shortened the length. Not much by the way of complex aromas or taste really. Overall an adequate wine.
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